Look at this picture that we were sent by a reader of the Nation. It's so sweet that merely looking at it gave us a case of Type-II diabetes. Apparently it’s a baby yoga class chock-a-block with Oilers fans of the future just waiting to learn to read and write so they can come on here and yell at Robin Brownlee. But don’t let those babies fool you –- they will gouge out your eyes given half a chance.

There are things you know in life, Nation, and there are things that you don’t know. We all know where the Oil are in the standings right now, the 1,305,349 things that are wrong with the team and the 2,406,540 things that could be done to fix them. We'll spare you reading another paragraph about any of these matters going into the game tonight.

Instead we give you an option.

You can read about the Capitals here or you can read a list of 10 interesting facts that we guarantee you didn’t already know. You choose, Nation –- it’s your life.

It is estimated that at any one time around 0.7% of the world’s population is drunk.

On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents every day somewhere in the world.

John Wilkes Booth’s brother once saved the life of Abraham Lincoln’s son.

About 200,000,000 M&Ms are sold each day in the United States.

The first bomb the Allies dropped on Berlin in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.

If you put a drop of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.

Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.

Every year, four people in the UK die putting their trousers on.

You're welcome society.

The Oil will be joined by 150 Canadian Soldiers who are being honored at the Verizon Centre, along with Corporal Mark Fuchko, Master Corporal Colin A. Johnston and Corporal James Ryan Douglas who flew with the Oilers to Washington. That’s 15 kinds of classy Oil. Well done.

So now after this win can there be a positive post on Oilers Nation for once? Or something about hockey instead of the soap opera BS that is thrown on here all the time? How about defenense, the breakout, players with not a lot of experience playing well against huge talent.... Anything but firing the coach and Schremp.

ps. Think we would be in 5th and have 30 more goals if we played in the east. Can we move to the other conference?

So now after this win can there be a positive post on Oilers Nation for once? Or something about hockey instead of the soap opera BS that is thrown on here all the time? How about defenense, the breakout, players with not a lot of experience playing well against huge talent…. Anything but firing the coach and Schremp.
ps. Think we would be in 5th and have 30 more goals if we played in the east. Can we move to the other conference?

Oooh yeah Rob run that game! I can feel the heat. I thank you for raising all of those points earlier in the week rather than just reading them and tsking to yourself aloud. Now that there is a win you can safely come out of the silence fog to make a quick volley and then fade away.

So now after this win can there be a positive post on Oilers Nation for once?

Go ahead Rob. Tell us all how great that was. I just read 100 positive posts and 50 weirdly sexual posts. Isn't that enough good will and positive energy for you? The frustration of the nation centers around the lack of consistency. After witnessing an entertaining Oiler win for the first time in weeks, I'm so completely satisfied that I'm going to power down my computer and talk to my wife... If she's still here somewhere...